Learning as a function of task complexity was examined in human learning and two connectionist simulations. An example task involved learning to map basic input/output digital logic functions for six digital gates (AND OR, XOR and negated versions) with 2or 6-inputs. Humans given instruction learned the task in about 300 trials and showed no effect of the number of inputs. Backpropagation learn...

Developers can use lossy compression on images and many other artifacts to reduce size and improve network transfer times. Native program instructions, however, are typically not considered candidates for lossy compression since arbitrary losses in instructions may dramatically affect program output. In this paper we show that lossy compression of compiled native instructions is possible in cer...

This study investigated the effects of several elements of instruction (objectives, in,ormation, practice, examples and review) when they were combined in a systematic manner. College students enrolled in a computer literacy course used one of six different versions of a computer-based lesson delivered on the web to learn about input, processing, storage and output of a computer. The six versio...

Web-Based Instruction, Individual Differences, System Features. Abstract: In this paper, we describe and propose a web based instruction (WBI) program. The purposes of this research were to develop the Web-Based Instruction model using Social Media Application to enhance Knowledge Management skills. concerning the faculty's participation in developing and teaching Web-based courses may lead to ...

Title of Dissertation: CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINESE IMMERSION: AN EXPLORATION OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK Qin Yao, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Professor, Jeff MacSwan, Ph.D., Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Immersion education encourages students to learn a new language by actually using the language, and has become a popular...

Several years ago a group of our computer science faculty began seriously examining initial programming instruction. We discovered a shared perception that too many students don't write reasonable programs even after completing a semester course in programming. Others have noted the same may even be true after the second course (e.g., [1]). There is cause for concern as computer applications pe...

In the Netherlands, teaching programs for French as a foreign language in secondary school usually involve an explicit focus on grammar. This is partially motivated by early findings SLA research, which showed that instruction more effective acquisition (Norris, & Ortega, 2000; Spada, Tomita, 2010) and even considered essential to achieve accuracy advanced writing (Gunnarsson, 2012). The ai...

Modern platform-based design involves the application-specific extension of embedded processors to fit customer requirements. To accomplish this task, the possibilities offered by recent custom/extensible processors for tuning their instruction set and microarchitecture to the applications of interest have to be exploited. A significant factor often determining the success of this process is th...